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there will be a presidential campaign with president obama and bill clinton. there will be at the waldorf- astoria hotel in new york. you are on c-span. >> the ftc is an enforcement agency and has brought many good cases in the consumer privacy area. it has me -- met compart -- privacy promises. >> self regulation is a toll that can be much more -- tool that be responsive to changes in the marketplace and a quicker way than regulation. >> tonight a look at the federal trade commission enforcement role in dealing with privacy on the internet. the communicators at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span two. >> summer morning on "washington journal," mark zandi looks at last week's jobs report. judith lichtmand and sabrina schaeffer discuss women's paid. after that matthew cooper examines recent polls on the health care law. for the malls, phone calls, and tweets. lots of of easton on c-span. a discussion on the differences between president obama and mitt romney's domestic policy agendas. we will hear about women's issues in the possible impacts of the supreme court health
there will be a presidential campaign with president obama and bill clinton. there will be at the waldorf- astoria hotel in new york. you are on c-span. >> the ftc is an enforcement agency and has brought many good cases in the consumer privacy area. it has me -- met compart -- privacy promises. >> self regulation is a toll that can be much more -- tool that be responsive to changes in the marketplace and a quicker way than regulation. >> tonight a look at the federal trade...
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obama is raising money respectively. if they are both beholden to the wall street money, no matter what they say, what do we do? >> i do not want to break into the panel. i want to push michael and cornel on this. he is like my leader. he has been tell me what to do. i've been following him around and trying to do it. you are a good leader. you are. however, i want to see the discussions move past leaders. whether we're talking about the ones in congress, a so-called leaders, or whoever we are talking about. we took a huge leap in the last few months. we had for the first time a liter less movement. a proud and leaderless movement. was a crazy? was in not so -- was it nuts? no. everybody became a leader. by ourselves, we will not do much. you're saying anybody can get out of poverty if they have the right knowledge and skills. i am not going to argue with that. we have discovered something in the last few months that is bigger than the power of any individual. that is the power of solidarity, people working together. def
obama is raising money respectively. if they are both beholden to the wall street money, no matter what they say, what do we do? >> i do not want to break into the panel. i want to push michael and cornel on this. he is like my leader. he has been tell me what to do. i've been following him around and trying to do it. you are a good leader. you are. however, i want to see the discussions move past leaders. whether we're talking about the ones in congress, a so-called leaders, or whoever...
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only a 14,000 martin carried the state for obama. for 110 years the democrats have controlled the state. there never controlled the senate until 2010. the saab 2008 and then swing all the way in 2010. that is not permanent. only about 60% of the voters in 2008 also voted in 2010. the trend is much higher in 2012. the obama campaign and the democratic party, the democratic-the convention is here. they do not want to see the state go to obama again by a few thousand votes. they're trying very hard on both sides to turn out the boats. they did about the higher numbers. i think the republican party and its candidates -- if they do turnout, i think it will vote republican this time. host: i should mention we also have a special line set up for north carolina voters in this segment. we're actually going to go to one of those north carolina voters right now. you are on with art pope. caller: thank you very much. good morning. how are you? i have several questions. one of them is if republicans are doing such a good job, why is the unemploym
only a 14,000 martin carried the state for obama. for 110 years the democrats have controlled the state. there never controlled the senate until 2010. the saab 2008 and then swing all the way in 2010. that is not permanent. only about 60% of the voters in 2008 also voted in 2010. the trend is much higher in 2012. the obama campaign and the democratic party, the democratic-the convention is here. they do not want to see the state go to obama again by a few thousand votes. they're trying very...
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they try to morphed me into barack obama. barack obama don't want to see the exxon pipeline built i do. barack obama wanted to see the bailouts, i voted against the bailouts. the list goes on and on. i put montana first in every decision i make because that's what's most important to me is taking montana's good ideas back to washington d.c., converting it to legislation, and getting it passed. >> now question from mike dennisson to represent rehberg. >> good evening congressman. you mentioned medicare, you criticized the medicare portion in the affordable care act, you voted against the ryan budget in his medicare plan. what's your medicare plan? i haven't heard much about it? >> you don't begin by taking $716 billion out of medicare. it is already a failing system. we have to do everything we possibly can to make it stronger. by taking $716 billion out of medicare, all you doing is forcing seniors to go under obamacare which will not work. it makes it much more difficult for doctors and hospitals to provide services to our s
they try to morphed me into barack obama. barack obama don't want to see the exxon pipeline built i do. barack obama wanted to see the bailouts, i voted against the bailouts. the list goes on and on. i put montana first in every decision i make because that's what's most important to me is taking montana's good ideas back to washington d.c., converting it to legislation, and getting it passed. >> now question from mike dennisson to represent rehberg. >> good evening congressman. you...
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president obama thinks this is important. what is your argument? >> we have two economies that are highly integrated. 40% of the world trade, 60% of investment close, but 5% of the world gdp -- 35% of the world gdp. they are hugely integrated. up went to dinner and a walk in and it was some very nice. a belgian came up to me and said, i'm so glad to meet you. "where are you from?" i said i'm from once did, d.c. -- washington, d.c. he said, "nobody is from washington, d.c." i corrupt and did not know that the belgians own where we bought our food. a lot of us do not know this. many of the bmw's that europeans drive are made in south carolina. there are too many regulatory disconnects. i think it should be one internal market. the european internal market is still not finished. we should not get very uppity about this. we have our problems, too. we should not be throwing rocks at europe's so much because there are things we need to do that they can help us with. the two economies are intertwined. it is not much that our banks would fail or that expor
president obama thinks this is important. what is your argument? >> we have two economies that are highly integrated. 40% of the world trade, 60% of investment close, but 5% of the world gdp -- 35% of the world gdp. they are hugely integrated. up went to dinner and a walk in and it was some very nice. a belgian came up to me and said, i'm so glad to meet you. "where are you from?" i said i'm from once did, d.c. -- washington, d.c. he said, "nobody is from washington,...
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it comes from president obama's omb. if you can see, the nature of the problem we face is primarily in that line. medicaid. the fact of the matter is, our long-term fiscal sustainability problems are because of social security, medicare, and medicaid. primarily, the health issues. as you can see, as a percent of gdp on these projections, that is what is driving those deficits. the deficits are what is driving the debt. the debt is what is driving the interest costs. the bottom-line gives a debt as a percent of gdp and shows we are at a percent of 35% just 12 years ago. under the omb projections, there are other folks who might say these are optimistic, but under those projections will be the 77% in 2020. a fellow who was a chief economist and an ecomist at the university of maryland did a study a year or so ago. what they tried to do is take a look at debt as a percent of gdp. and say, how big can it get or is there a relationship between the size of the debt as a percent of gdp and our economic growth? they did over man
it comes from president obama's omb. if you can see, the nature of the problem we face is primarily in that line. medicaid. the fact of the matter is, our long-term fiscal sustainability problems are because of social security, medicare, and medicaid. primarily, the health issues. as you can see, as a percent of gdp on these projections, that is what is driving those deficits. the deficits are what is driving the debt. the debt is what is driving the interest costs. the bottom-line gives a debt...
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i think what president obama did was correct. the european union collectively did the same. i did try to work in the same direction. at that we have done what he had been able to do together in the right direction. the first was tunisia, than he did, and a complicated situation -- then egypt, then it difficult and complicated situation in libya. have we done enough? i think probably not. we have not done enough in helping. when you look at money, this is an important role in these countries in which a lot of the problems are linked to lack of hope for the younger generations, etc. if you look at the amount of money and put it to the value of today, it will be the -- about ten times more than what we have spent in this period of time in the countries of the mediterranean. in 1995, the was an engagement in the european union and the south part of the mediterranean, including also the palestinians and israel. we spent that time a good amount of money but we are not able to do what later on the people of tunisia and cairo need. i think we were not able to get -- to listen to the
i think what president obama did was correct. the european union collectively did the same. i did try to work in the same direction. at that we have done what he had been able to do together in the right direction. the first was tunisia, than he did, and a complicated situation -- then egypt, then it difficult and complicated situation in libya. have we done enough? i think probably not. we have not done enough in helping. when you look at money, this is an important role in these countries in...
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obama, and the former head of the budget committee. we had a republican, a former obama administration official, and a former clinton department official. host: why did you put the task force together? guest: we were concerned, those of us that wrote the first sequester, seven or eight of us still alive in this town, we were concerned that this was misunderstood by congress, put together in a rush and we will have devastating consequences at a time when our economy is really growing slowly, despite what everyone wants to say. host: the report has a longer headline. here is the official title. we will only skimmed the surface in this short time. let's get to calls. the concern that automatic spending cuts might effect as many as 1 million jobs according to a report produced by a bipartisan policy center. houston, texas. democrat. gail, you're on the line. caller: first of all, i want to sit i apologize. i'm telling a white lie. what happened to all of the truth from the newscasters? when walter cronkite was sotheby's he presented actual
obama, and the former head of the budget committee. we had a republican, a former obama administration official, and a former clinton department official. host: why did you put the task force together? guest: we were concerned, those of us that wrote the first sequester, seven or eight of us still alive in this town, we were concerned that this was misunderstood by congress, put together in a rush and we will have devastating consequences at a time when our economy is really growing slowly,...
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we will hear from obama. initially, we saw this in the polls, this has resonated, their traditional scare seniors about medicare tactics. that has been working really well. so i think obama will bring that up. one thing we will hear is the phrase that romney would end medicare's guarantee, which is a phrase the democrats have liked to use recently. we have raided that half-true for two reasons. one, it is not like it really has a guarantee now. congress can change the medicare benefits any time it wants to. it frequently has. now, romney would change the structure in which people would pay for medicare. it would go from being -- it would turn into the essentially a voucher plan. in that sense, we found some truth and rated it as half- truth. >> thank you, bill. our next prediction from glenn kessler, checker of facts, awarder of pinocchios. what will we see? >> i have two. they both deal with medicare. one thing i always say, the more complicated a subject is, the more susceptible it is stretching the truth.
we will hear from obama. initially, we saw this in the polls, this has resonated, their traditional scare seniors about medicare tactics. that has been working really well. so i think obama will bring that up. one thing we will hear is the phrase that romney would end medicare's guarantee, which is a phrase the democrats have liked to use recently. we have raided that half-true for two reasons. one, it is not like it really has a guarantee now. congress can change the medicare benefits any time...
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"obama and romney offer few economic proposals. this one is three frightening phrases about the economy. what kind of shape is the country in right now? guest: i actually put together a series for npr about looking up. it was about the strength in the economy. so many things were looking up. agriculture was still doing well, energy had perked up a lot. technology, a lot of good stories there, the parts of the strength that were starting to pull it forward. the fed was thinking that growth this year could be around in the ballpark of 3%. but oil prices went way up, europe has not pulled itself together, china is doing a lot worse, and all of the sudden all of that optimism that we started with -- this is the third time it's happened. that was true in 2011 and 2010, we start the year with high hopes. by the time you get to summer, those hopes are wilting. now it's precarious. there's still the nodes of strength in the u.s. economy. but there's just more and more bad news piling up, especially coming out of europe. this ongoing uncert
"obama and romney offer few economic proposals. this one is three frightening phrases about the economy. what kind of shape is the country in right now? guest: i actually put together a series for npr about looking up. it was about the strength in the economy. so many things were looking up. agriculture was still doing well, energy had perked up a lot. technology, a lot of good stories there, the parts of the strength that were starting to pull it forward. the fed was thinking that growth...
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i credit president obama with that decision. our advice from this report is, one, with great respect and advice to the administration, i'm very much a supporter of the administration, is this, this pivot is really important it be executed properly and comprehensively. europe's our strongest ally. it will be our strongest ally 50 years from today. no question about it i given our history, given the alliance link, given our economics. and so if we are going to pivot towards asia, it must be with germany, france, denmark, ice lan, luxembourg, all together reorienting ourselves not to 230er get the challenges we -- forget the challenges in europe, trying to finish our work in the balkans, but be present when we must. to be part of the positive solutions in the middle east, south asia, and east asia. the main recommendation to our country is not to turn inward. not to be isolationists because we are having troubles here at home. and to avoid draconian cuts to our defense budget. there are a lot of people here who understand defense f
i credit president obama with that decision. our advice from this report is, one, with great respect and advice to the administration, i'm very much a supporter of the administration, is this, this pivot is really important it be executed properly and comprehensively. europe's our strongest ally. it will be our strongest ally 50 years from today. no question about it i given our history, given the alliance link, given our economics. and so if we are going to pivot towards asia, it must be with...
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the white house drug control policy will outline the obama administration's 2012 national drug control strategy which was released two weeks ago and you will go into further detail. we have a link to that report on our website, c-span.org. you can take a look at it before the event gets under way. it will be a few minutes late and we will have live when it starts. the white house this morning launched a new effort to minimize differences between u.s. and international regulations, announcing bill issue an executive order calling on a white house committee to work with the private sector to reduce unnecessary red tape causing problems for u.s. companies. we will have this event live once it gets under way and until then, part of this morning's "washington journal." host: let's go to a houston, texas. caller: thank you for taking my call. it definitely should be raised. $7.25 per hour? to me a favor, make sure you point out the republican callers. i am curious as to how they feel about the minimum wage especially since their leaders are the ones who vote against it. thank you so much for
the white house drug control policy will outline the obama administration's 2012 national drug control strategy which was released two weeks ago and you will go into further detail. we have a link to that report on our website, c-span.org. you can take a look at it before the event gets under way. it will be a few minutes late and we will have live when it starts. the white house this morning launched a new effort to minimize differences between u.s. and international regulations, announcing...
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it will be better than obama. the scale of change you describe will take a level of leadership that is amazing. it cannot be my leadership. i tell every audience, i will not ask you to be for me. if you are for me, you'll vote and go home and say, i hope he gets it done. that is not possible. this is such a big mess that not even the president can get us out of the ditch by himself. i will ask you to be with me for the next eight years. i will ask you to be shoulder to shoulder with me, reminding congress every day, this is what we want to get done. reminding the governor and the state legislature, the township, the city council, the school board. i want you to be with me because we're going to make mistakes treated you cannot have changed on the scale and not make mistakes. excuse me. i want to build a social network so if you see as making a mistake, you let us know. if you see the world is changing and we do not get it, you let us know. if you have a better idea, let us know. 537 elected people are not that sma
it will be better than obama. the scale of change you describe will take a level of leadership that is amazing. it cannot be my leadership. i tell every audience, i will not ask you to be for me. if you are for me, you'll vote and go home and say, i hope he gets it done. that is not possible. this is such a big mess that not even the president can get us out of the ditch by himself. i will ask you to be with me for the next eight years. i will ask you to be shoulder to shoulder with me,...
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>> i believe president obama is the best alternative we've got. and that's what i think. >> thomas on our independent line. you're on with ben cohen, co-founder of ben and jerry's and political activist. >> good morning, ben. and good morning, c-span. i applaud you both for your efforts in this country. c-span, my tv doesn't change very far from you guys. i just love you. i guess to stay with the subject, in my personal opinion, i think the biggest fire of occupy has been the lack of a coherent plan. which rightfully or not, it invited ridicule from the right. and if i can make one suggestion, mr. cohen, if you can pass this on to the powers that be within occupy, perhaps a reawakening of henry george's single tax theories would be an excellent base of which to start from. i don't know if you're familiar with henry george. but he still has probably the most -- the most widely purchased book on economics called "progress in poverty" ever written and 100 years ago that he put it out. and thank you for everything you do. and i tried to get in earlier
>> i believe president obama is the best alternative we've got. and that's what i think. >> thomas on our independent line. you're on with ben cohen, co-founder of ben and jerry's and political activist. >> good morning, ben. and good morning, c-span. i applaud you both for your efforts in this country. c-span, my tv doesn't change very far from you guys. i just love you. i guess to stay with the subject, in my personal opinion, i think the biggest fire of occupy has been the...
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obama tripled the number of drone -- obama quintupled the number of drone strikes. would the republican candidate in office quintuple the quintuple? no one has proposed what the syrian military intervention would look like, a lease on the republican candidate side -- at least on the republican candidates i'd. >> as an adviser to governor romney, i think he has done an excellent job. [laughter] now, in fact, he has laid out a comprehensive, by far the most comprehensive approach to foreign policy. perrylawn white paper, given a big speech on the subject -- very long white paper, given a big speech on the subject. as is the nature of most primary campaigns, it has not been the topic du jour. you do not get a chance to lay out your vision of foreign policy when you are debating contraception and all the other important topics they are debating. the better time to ask this question will be in the general election, because then i think there will be a discussion about american foreign policy. i think there has been room for criticism of the obama administration. i know t
obama tripled the number of drone -- obama quintupled the number of drone strikes. would the republican candidate in office quintuple the quintuple? no one has proposed what the syrian military intervention would look like, a lease on the republican candidate side -- at least on the republican candidates i'd. >> as an adviser to governor romney, i think he has done an excellent job. [laughter] now, in fact, he has laid out a comprehensive, by far the most comprehensive approach to foreign...
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barack obama, the worst job creation record. >> shame on you, barack obama. ads: we're looking at these and will play a few more. is there a downside to running these ads? everybody says they hate negative ads. >guest: everybody says they hate negative ads, but there's a campaign and the real practitioners of negative ads but is there any sort of backlash on the person who errs the ad. there was some talk in the past weeks that the obama campaign was concerned there is a little bit of a rebound against them that they were airing is so many negative ads against nec -- against mitt romney that it was have the impact on the president's favorability numbers. i have not seen strong evidence that either way. i think there is a strategic demand in a campaign and this is a presidential election that's not going to be determined completely by political advertising. it's not going to be determined by political advertising. this is a referendum on the incumbent and generally the referendum is going to be determined by reality. what are the economic conditions? what does
barack obama, the worst job creation record. >> shame on you, barack obama. ads: we're looking at these and will play a few more. is there a downside to running these ads? everybody says they hate negative ads. >guest: everybody says they hate negative ads, but there's a campaign and the real practitioners of negative ads but is there any sort of backlash on the person who errs the ad. there was some talk in the past weeks that the obama campaign was concerned there is a little bit of...
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look at obama care. there is already a 3.8% surcharge, and there is also for a self-employed, another 3.84 medicare taxes with no ceiling. it all adds up to a marginal tax rate of 47.2 percent signed. you that 8 percent signed-10% state and locals on businesses, and we're looking at and near 60% coming out of marginal tax rate bracket. host: what sort of right of steve howe? -- write-offs do you have? caller: that does not make a difference. we're talking about marginal tax rates. when one of my boilers' go down, i'd better have money to pay for it. what i have to send it to the federal government and the taxing entities, that is not fair. i do not go and shake down a company and say i need money, i have to pay for it. to get the tax on marginal tax rates are exactly right. those are at the top of the the combination of the 2001-2003 loss of the affordable care act. and the reality in the united states is we tax many of the business entities through the individual income tax so it is impossible to disent
look at obama care. there is already a 3.8% surcharge, and there is also for a self-employed, another 3.84 medicare taxes with no ceiling. it all adds up to a marginal tax rate of 47.2 percent signed. you that 8 percent signed-10% state and locals on businesses, and we're looking at and near 60% coming out of marginal tax rate bracket. host: what sort of right of steve howe? -- write-offs do you have? caller: that does not make a difference. we're talking about marginal tax rates. when one of...
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obama to texas $3.5 million. that is weaker -- obama's says $3.5 million. that is weaker. there is a letter circulating concerning the rollback of the tax cuts and cutting capital gains, having a strong the state tax and then saying this corporate tax reform. -- strong estate tax. increase the capital gains rate. anyway, that is a matter to congress. >> that what is titled our tax code is written to benefit the 1%. >> rights. there are forms out back if you are here in the room. if not, you can find it -- >> you are a entrepreneurial activists. >> we need to get the voices of wealthy people. those voices making huge difference, when it is the people who would be taxed. >> i just wanted to throw in a little bit about philanthropy. >> let me throw a little frame on it. there are an awful lot of folks that say, if we got rid of taxes altogether, rich people could do nice things. and take care of everything. you are dubious about that. >> i am. that is everything being talked about. i am excited to move on all of these. the financial transactions stuff is going on in europe, t
obama to texas $3.5 million. that is weaker -- obama's says $3.5 million. that is weaker. there is a letter circulating concerning the rollback of the tax cuts and cutting capital gains, having a strong the state tax and then saying this corporate tax reform. -- strong estate tax. increase the capital gains rate. anyway, that is a matter to congress. >> that what is titled our tax code is written to benefit the 1%. >> rights. there are forms out back if you are here in the room. if...
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president obama has now been president for four years. you can say he has learned more about the president in the last four years than when he got there and i don't think he and governor romney share the idea of what it takes to be president. host: pennsylvania, democrats line. caller: hi, i have a few comments to make about politics. i am one that tries not to get between the two parties. i am a democrat but we are all americans. we all should work together because there are people out here that need help. this has been known for a long time. having carter or presidents past, it seemed like every president we have had in office, as you said, todd, do you mind if i call you todd. a few callers have mentioned about mitt romney not having the ability to take on the presidency. you said he was more privileged. i wanted to get your opinion on this -- i read your book and read president obama's book about his father -- and he does come from a family, and existence that was very difficult for him. host: what is your question? caller: do you thi
president obama has now been president for four years. you can say he has learned more about the president in the last four years than when he got there and i don't think he and governor romney share the idea of what it takes to be president. host: pennsylvania, democrats line. caller: hi, i have a few comments to make about politics. i am one that tries not to get between the two parties. i am a democrat but we are all americans. we all should work together because there are people out here...
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of course so did president obama. the recovery act which i proudly supported cut taxes for 95% of all americans, averaging $400 for individuals and $800 for families. when that tax cut expired and when republicans refused to extend it, i was again proud to join president obama to enact the payroll tax cut, averaging $1,000 per family. but tax cuts alone do not make a robust recovery. the other thing ronald reagan did was preside over a nation with a sharp increase in public sector employment from local, state, and federal levels because while today's republicans may try to argue otherwise, teaching jobs, firefighters have jobs, police jobs are jobs. in fact, three of the last four economic recoveries had one thing in common, public sector employment increased. 2.5 years into the recovery from 2001, total public sector employment was 1% higher. 2.5 years into the recovery from the 1980 recession, total public sector employment was 3% higher. and 2.5 years into the recovery from the 1980 recession, total public sector e
of course so did president obama. the recovery act which i proudly supported cut taxes for 95% of all americans, averaging $400 for individuals and $800 for families. when that tax cut expired and when republicans refused to extend it, i was again proud to join president obama to enact the payroll tax cut, averaging $1,000 per family. but tax cuts alone do not make a robust recovery. the other thing ronald reagan did was preside over a nation with a sharp increase in public sector employment...
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by the time he had been prosecuted, president obama was president. we were supposed to be entering a new regime of a president who was a constitutional law professor. i was curious about whether some of the people who had been whistle-blowers' during the bush years about the abuse of government would be dealt with differently under president obama. >> may, your documentary which is really chilling, you can see it all on youtube -- "shouting in the dark." we have a segment of it. let's give you the flavor of it. [clip] where the shia muslim are a majority. only to find themselves alone and crushed. this is their story and al jazeera is the witness. to follow their journey of hope. with the carnage that followed. this is the arab revolution that was abandoned by the arabs. and forgotten by the world. >> i encourage you all to seek it out on youtube. how did you manage to get into bahrain? you went in on a tourist visa. what are the conditions like? >> at the beginning we were allowed to come in as tourists. we started filming in following the protests
by the time he had been prosecuted, president obama was president. we were supposed to be entering a new regime of a president who was a constitutional law professor. i was curious about whether some of the people who had been whistle-blowers' during the bush years about the abuse of government would be dealt with differently under president obama. >> may, your documentary which is really chilling, you can see it all on youtube -- "shouting in the dark." we have a segment of it....
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obama -- president obama is about a plus two, plus three favorable over unfavorable. it's like 49, 47. romney is plus four. slightly more favorable than president obama. santorum, who is less well-known is minus four. they are all within the range. you can imagine a campaign of obama doing better than romney. santorum doing better than obama. plus four. those numbers change. obama is plus two or three. gingrich is minus 29 or 30 can you overcome that? for me at least honestly if i were choosing as a conservative between santorum and romney and gingrich i would have real doubts about whether gingrich could rin win whereas santorum, without gingrich's history, maybe a less flashy debater than newt, without of his history, i think santorum would be better. host: talking about last night's debate in the g.o.p. presidential field. democrats dial 202-737-0002. republicans, 202-737-0002. and independents, indsinds. we have a fourth line set aside for south carolina residents, 202--- phil is first in florida. go ahead, phil. caller: hi. thank you, gretta. i am concerned about
obama -- president obama is about a plus two, plus three favorable over unfavorable. it's like 49, 47. romney is plus four. slightly more favorable than president obama. santorum, who is less well-known is minus four. they are all within the range. you can imagine a campaign of obama doing better than romney. santorum doing better than obama. plus four. those numbers change. obama is plus two or three. gingrich is minus 29 or 30 can you overcome that? for me at least honestly if i were choosing...
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obama says $5.80 trillion. we are not in a battle where the europeans are saying we're spending $1 trillion of our euros and they have to cut it to 800 million. we are saying that we want someone who will keep us from getting there. >> all open it up again to anyone in the audience. >> i know you do not like to attack obama. >> i like to attack and the right way. to you think it is a paid to do this by threatening tax increases by overburdening businesses with regulations t? >> the things that he has done has given us the week this recovery. if we have the average we could have about 2500 more per capita in gdp. we have the average growth. i want to be critical of the policy. look. i have this in a rough draft. at all a some at this early in the day. they have plenty of time to do it. i loved it. it is the kickoff speech. president obama said two things. he said i still believe that we are not republicans or democrats. we're all americans. he goes later on to say that make romney sincerely believes that as long
obama says $5.80 trillion. we are not in a battle where the europeans are saying we're spending $1 trillion of our euros and they have to cut it to 800 million. we are saying that we want someone who will keep us from getting there. >> all open it up again to anyone in the audience. >> i know you do not like to attack obama. >> i like to attack and the right way. to you think it is a paid to do this by threatening tax increases by overburdening businesses with regulations t?...
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obama and the democrats would like to talk about anything other than obama's record of failure. there is a reason nancy pelosi and her crew were knocked out two years ago and it's because they were pushing things not focused on jobs and the economy. they were too focused on passing a obamacare which 75% of small business and say will limit job growth. we are very clear on it to things we need to do when we get back -- we've got to repeal obamacare which will allow the opportunity for job growth and start reducing the regulation and taxation that tendering it. host: we have about 30 minutes left with our guests here, but i want to thank our students for participating in today's program. i also want to think laura pritchard for preparing the students and time warner cable for sponsoring today's best visit. very good from the students, we appreciate that. thank you for taking their questions. i want to continue with our viewer phone calls for the next 30 minutes as we focus on the balance of the house and what is at stake in these races. john has been waiting patiently in illinois,
obama and the democrats would like to talk about anything other than obama's record of failure. there is a reason nancy pelosi and her crew were knocked out two years ago and it's because they were pushing things not focused on jobs and the economy. they were too focused on passing a obamacare which 75% of small business and say will limit job growth. we are very clear on it to things we need to do when we get back -- we've got to repeal obamacare which will allow the opportunity for job growth...
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to enhance obama's image as a tough guy for reelection. do you have a response to that? >> well, my response is the same as it was last week, which is that is wrong and absurd. the president addressed this himself from this podium on friday. he takes very seriously the need to protect classified and sensitive information, and that has been his posture since he took office. >> how can you say unequivocally that it's wrong and absurd? have you done an internal investigation? >> i can tell you that this administration -- this white house, under the guidance of the president, takes very seriously the need to protect classified and sensitive information, the need to do so for our national security interests to protect our counterterrorism operations and other operations that are undertaken by our forces and our government. i can point you to the authors of some of the materials that have led to this discussion and what they've said about the fact that they were not directed to or provided information by the white house in regard to this, that t
to enhance obama's image as a tough guy for reelection. do you have a response to that? >> well, my response is the same as it was last week, which is that is wrong and absurd. the president addressed this himself from this podium on friday. he takes very seriously the need to protect classified and sensitive information, and that has been his posture since he took office. >> how can you say unequivocally that it's wrong and absurd? have you done an internal investigation? >>...
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obama-care is exhibit a. it does everything precisely almost as if it were pre- designed to destroy the private insurance market. so, that is the first problem you have to understand about obama-care. the preservation of this week individual mandate and all of the other aspects of the law, the insurance regulations the president touted, those things sound nice in theory for the people that benefit, but the 99% of the people that do not benefit, they will have insurance go up, and insurance is not cheap today. the average income is $51,000. the average insurance plan is 15% -- $15,000. that is 29% of income. in the last year, health insurance went up because of obama's regulations. think if your tax burden went up 9% every year for the next 10 year. what would you say? it is forced allation of you own money to insurance and health care, and out of the medicaid expansion of a lot. by this keystrokes, he may have expanded the federal deficit by $500 billion over the next 10 years and expanded unfunded liabilitie
obama-care is exhibit a. it does everything precisely almost as if it were pre- designed to destroy the private insurance market. so, that is the first problem you have to understand about obama-care. the preservation of this week individual mandate and all of the other aspects of the law, the insurance regulations the president touted, those things sound nice in theory for the people that benefit, but the 99% of the people that do not benefit, they will have insurance go up, and insurance is...
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which is a city that voted 94% for obama, the highest in the nation and i know a lot of obama voters who live on my street. i think a lot of them regret it. there is a lot of dissatisfaction among independents and moderate democrats. as for jumping on the obama bashing wagon, i am a little hurt. i hope to be leading that wagon and head of the wagon train. you consider me another follow er. --t: here is a tweete guest: i don't think there's anybody in the republican party that wants to campaign on contraception. i doubt think anybody is suggesting that contraception be bent banned. there is a debate about contraception. cause of the obama administration's administrative actions and regulation around obamacare, it has become a question of policy whether the government should force people to purchase a product that violates their core beliefs. that is not a question about contraception. it is a question about liberty and freedom of conscience and how powerful a government should be. those are completely valid issues. the press is rooting for obama against republicans and they have made
which is a city that voted 94% for obama, the highest in the nation and i know a lot of obama voters who live on my street. i think a lot of them regret it. there is a lot of dissatisfaction among independents and moderate democrats. as for jumping on the obama bashing wagon, i am a little hurt. i hope to be leading that wagon and head of the wagon train. you consider me another follow er. --t: here is a tweete guest: i don't think there's anybody in the republican party that wants to campaign...
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before that, president obama at the united nations. he spoke about the killing of four americans in libya. the national institutes of health budget could be cut by 8% as a result of automatic spending cuts scheduled for january. the head of the national cancer institute says that you as research could fall behind europe and asia as a result in cuts. he spoke at the national press club today in washington. >> good morning, everyone. welcome to the national press club warning newsmaker program. i will be the moderator for today. i have my own public affairs firm. it has been a pleasure to work with the national cancer institute to bring in our guest. we are very lucky to have him. we will be talking about, of course, cancer and our ability to cure cancer. i will introduce the doctor, but give you some ground rules first. he will speak for about 15 or 20 minutes. at the end of that, we would like to have questions. we asked reporters to go first. i will repeat the question and we will identify your news outlet. anyone from other groups th
before that, president obama at the united nations. he spoke about the killing of four americans in libya. the national institutes of health budget could be cut by 8% as a result of automatic spending cuts scheduled for january. the head of the national cancer institute says that you as research could fall behind europe and asia as a result in cuts. he spoke at the national press club today in washington. >> good morning, everyone. welcome to the national press club warning newsmaker...
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president obama did prevail. he got 59% of the votes. i am very grateful to my friend for that generous and kind introduction. i also want to express my gratitude to brian walsh for the leadership he has provided. a special word of thanks to the matthew -- to matthew frank. he is that a great leader in this movement. and, above all, i want to thank my dear friend and colleague, governor mike leavitt with whom i have been working now for many months. especially on building the american religious freedom project. i know you are out there. i salute you. i want you to know what a pleasure and honor it is to work with you. [applause] most of this conference will be devoted to a timely and practical and urgent matter. i want to watch our deliberation by stepping back a little bit and providing the kind of theoretical anchor for the discussions that will go on later that day with our distinguished speakers and panelists. to do that, i want to take us back to the 19th century. and johnrt mill's henry newman were the greatest english intellectual
president obama did prevail. he got 59% of the votes. i am very grateful to my friend for that generous and kind introduction. i also want to express my gratitude to brian walsh for the leadership he has provided. a special word of thanks to the matthew -- to matthew frank. he is that a great leader in this movement. and, above all, i want to thank my dear friend and colleague, governor mike leavitt with whom i have been working now for many months. especially on building the american religious...
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, his victory might foreshadow a victory by obama here, but the problem is obama cannot hide one thing -- the $16 trillion in debt that has to be paid off some point. host: pennsylvania. phil. caller: can the author give us a definition of liberalism as how would pertains to the death of it? consider themselves to be liberal today? guest: that is a good question. liberals today are dead. they're almost nonexistent. that are people that call themselves liberals, but they can only go along with obama, really, in only go along with obama by adding to our national debt. i think the widow is an advocate of a mixed economy -- the liberal is an advocate of a mixed economy -- part government involvement,. business involvement. they believe in social engineering, and with that they are at one with president obama. the people that are as moderate as liberals were on the mixed economy, as they called it, are now just about dead. when the president took over, 1/6 of the president -- of the economy, and general motors, chrysler, all he has tried to take over and run -- he is a socialist, and most p
, his victory might foreshadow a victory by obama here, but the problem is obama cannot hide one thing -- the $16 trillion in debt that has to be paid off some point. host: pennsylvania. phil. caller: can the author give us a definition of liberalism as how would pertains to the death of it? consider themselves to be liberal today? guest: that is a good question. liberals today are dead. they're almost nonexistent. that are people that call themselves liberals, but they can only go along with...
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they say ohio is obama country. the president's spokeswoman says -- another view from "the new york times." back to calls. new york is next, on our republican line. caller: thank you for taking my call. watching this speech today, we have heard it over and over again. i continue to doubt the truthfulness of the president of the united states. he says he is going to cut the deficit by $4 trillion in the next four years. i do not know how he is going to do that. he wants to cut the cost of tuition to colleges in half. i do not know how you are going to do that. there are other issues that we keep hearing this is going to happen, but do not hear specific plans or how he is calling to achieve that. another point is that he has had for years to do all these things, and he sounds like a new candidate, not a president who has been in office, who is going to continue good plans. host: you are supporting mitt romney? caller: at this point, yes. host: you think he has come up with specific plans? caller: there has been a litt
they say ohio is obama country. the president's spokeswoman says -- another view from "the new york times." back to calls. new york is next, on our republican line. caller: thank you for taking my call. watching this speech today, we have heard it over and over again. i continue to doubt the truthfulness of the president of the united states. he says he is going to cut the deficit by $4 trillion in the next four years. i do not know how he is going to do that. he wants to cut the cost...
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i voted for obama on, and i will keep voting for obama and keep voting democrat. the republicans do not care about poor people. they want to end government programs to help poor people. that ain't the christian way. >> with regard to talk later on this morning with tavis smiley and cornell west about no one is talking about poverty. caller: i am watching politics since i was 16. obama has been talking about poverty. if you are against poor people having health care, that is not being a good american. it is sad. host: let's go on to scott in michigan. joining us from detroit. turn down your tv for us and go ahead. caller: mitt romney, to me, he is a great person in the stands up for everything i believe in. he will get my vote. i agree with everything he has to stand for. host: another scott joins us from indiana. an independent calller. caller: the only one that is in the republican race right now that could beat barack obama in the presidential election would be ron paul. he would get all the independent votes. he would get the democratic votes and other boats. -
i voted for obama on, and i will keep voting for obama and keep voting democrat. the republicans do not care about poor people. they want to end government programs to help poor people. that ain't the christian way. >> with regard to talk later on this morning with tavis smiley and cornell west about no one is talking about poverty. caller: i am watching politics since i was 16. obama has been talking about poverty. if you are against poor people having health care, that is not being a...
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president obama will be speaking to students at ohio state. we will have that live at 5:00 p.m. >> look what obama did on the budget, nothing except at borrow and spend. and as a result of his abdication of leadership, as a result of seeing the most predictable economic crisis in our country's history and not fixing it, our credit rating was downgraded for the first time in our history. >> we laid out a $4 trillion debt reduction plan over the next 10 years. and we are already passed $1 trillion of it. ladies and gentlemen, these guys vote against everything. no, i really mean it. ok, i get that you do not like our plan. and what is your plan? >> paul ryan and vice-president joe biden will face off in a vice presidential debate. you can watch engage with c-span with our live debate preview starting at 7:00 p.m. eastern followed by the debate at 9:00 p.m. your reactions and calls and tweet at 10:30 p.m. follow online at c-span.org. >> the supreme court tomorrow is scheduled to hear oral argument in a case dealing with whether to admit the tradi
president obama will be speaking to students at ohio state. we will have that live at 5:00 p.m. >> look what obama did on the budget, nothing except at borrow and spend. and as a result of his abdication of leadership, as a result of seeing the most predictable economic crisis in our country's history and not fixing it, our credit rating was downgraded for the first time in our history. >> we laid out a $4 trillion debt reduction plan over the next 10 years. and we are already...
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crowd: obama, obama. >> thank you. can everyone please give patricia a round of applause for that great introduction? [applause] a couple of other people i want to the knowledge, your outstanding former governor and the best secretary of agriculture we have ever had. [applause] congressman leonard boswell and your mayor. [applause] did you see the sun is coming out? [applause] i love being back in iowa. we're starting here in council bluffs, but we will be heading east and i think i will and at the state fair. michelle has told me i cannot have a fried twinkie, but i will be checking out the butter cow and chocolate moose. i will have to take a look at that, if i can. the last time i went to the state fair, secret service let me do the bumper cars. i was not president yet, so i could do that. not this time. now, before i get started, i just want to say a few words about the drought because it has such an impact on this state and all across the country. right now, people in iowa and across the heartland are suffering fr
crowd: obama, obama. >> thank you. can everyone please give patricia a round of applause for that great introduction? [applause] a couple of other people i want to the knowledge, your outstanding former governor and the best secretary of agriculture we have ever had. [applause] congressman leonard boswell and your mayor. [applause] did you see the sun is coming out? [applause] i love being back in iowa. we're starting here in council bluffs, but we will be heading east and i think i will...
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signed, barack obama, the white house. the speaker pro tempore: referred to the committee on foreign affairs and ordered printed. for what purpose does the gentlelady from north carolina seek recognition? ms. foxx: mr. speaker, by direction of the committee on rules, i call up house resolution 738 and ask for its immediate consideration. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the resolution. the clerk: house calendar number 151, house resolution 738, resolved that at any time after the adoption of this resolution the speaker may, pursuant to clause 2-b of rule 18, declare the house resolved into the committee of the whole house on the state of the union for consideration of the bill, h.r. 4078, to provide that no agency may take any significant regulatory action until the unemployment rate is equal to or less than 6.0%. the first reading of the bill shall be dispensed with. all points of order against consideration of the bill are waved -- waived. general debate shall be confined to the bill and shall not exceed tw
signed, barack obama, the white house. the speaker pro tempore: referred to the committee on foreign affairs and ordered printed. for what purpose does the gentlelady from north carolina seek recognition? ms. foxx: mr. speaker, by direction of the committee on rules, i call up house resolution 738 and ask for its immediate consideration. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the resolution. the clerk: house calendar number 151, house resolution 738, resolved that at any time after the...
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country that president obama has been tough on violent jihadists. its bad that they have botched it up that they sometimes killed in circumstances where we can capture and get a good intelligence -- and get good intelligence. thought oma was right when he talked about pakistan, but i did not believe him. he proved me wrong. he has been very tough on pakistan and all kinds of different pockets. ts has made it a lot easier forim to have maneing room in terms of dealing withheuslim brotherhood, and i do not have inro of me, you know, whatever it is you are quoting, but my recollection is that is what i was trying to get at. in other words,he fact that he has cracked down aggressively on re aggressively tn presidents bush did, has made it easier for him to embrace these muslim brotherhood groups without having a lot of political fallout. >> how does the same-sex marriage and to a whole agenda -- marriage entered a whole agenda? -- how does the same-sex marriage issue and turn the whole agenda -- issue enter the whole agenda? the obama administration has
country that president obama has been tough on violent jihadists. its bad that they have botched it up that they sometimes killed in circumstances where we can capture and get a good intelligence -- and get good intelligence. thought oma was right when he talked about pakistan, but i did not believe him. he proved me wrong. he has been very tough on pakistan and all kinds of different pockets. ts has made it a lot easier forim to have maneing room in terms of dealing withheuslim brotherhood,...
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he did it to pay for "obama- care." i will protect social security and make sure we keep those program solvent for the next generations coming along. i will make sure we protect medicare and social security. there are other things about the path. his view about energy. he has stopped the development of gas resources, the epa has held off on developing gas extractions. he has made it harder for coal. if i'm president, i will not stop our development of energy. i will open up the spigot, allowing drillers to get gas and oil, nuclear and we will once and for all have an energy policy and become energy secure and ultimately energy independence. the president has an unusual view tonight. he believes other nations are getting stronger and he at tends to appease and accommodate some of the world's worst actors. remember in his debates three years ago he talked about in his first year he would meet with ahmadinejad. that did not work out so well. they did not want to meet with him. instead of trying to get friendly with enemies
he did it to pay for "obama- care." i will protect social security and make sure we keep those program solvent for the next generations coming along. i will make sure we protect medicare and social security. there are other things about the path. his view about energy. he has stopped the development of gas resources, the epa has held off on developing gas extractions. he has made it harder for coal. if i'm president, i will not stop our development of energy. i will open up the...
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obama is concerned about intensity. factoring in the unemployment numbers, the fact that black people -- i think some of this trayvon martin issue is a culmination of so much. there are so many african americans who are disenchanted by so many things. they are scared to speak out. they fear it could hurt the president. this trayvon martin issue has evolved into a lot of things. this placed anxiety, the perfect term. -- displace anxiety, the perfect term. there are several factors that black america needs to face. why am i going to the polls? the big moment is gone. this is what black america have to deal with. >> let me ishaqi by saying something about voter i.d.. -- let me shock you by saying something about voter i.d. it does not bother me. let me say why. whenever i hear somebody say that and i d requirement is oppressive, i have to ask the question, how many times are we asked to present id in the course of citizenship? the department of justice is challenging voter i.d. laws. you cannot get into the department of j
obama is concerned about intensity. factoring in the unemployment numbers, the fact that black people -- i think some of this trayvon martin issue is a culmination of so much. there are so many african americans who are disenchanted by so many things. they are scared to speak out. they fear it could hurt the president. this trayvon martin issue has evolved into a lot of things. this placed anxiety, the perfect term. -- displace anxiety, the perfect term. there are several factors that black...
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we cannot stand for more years of barack obama. [applause] but i am so encouraged tonight about america and i'm so encouraged because we have mitt romney running for president. he is someone who, unlike this president, has actually balance the budget both in the private sector and as governor of massachusetts. he eliminated a deficit, balance the budget, put money in the surplus and that's what we need in washington d.c. [applause] he is someone who knows how the economy works and has that private sector experience. he will get americans working again and unlike the president we have right now, he knows jobs are not created in washington d.c., they are created by the small businesses here in new hampshire and businesses all around the country and we will have the best place in the world for entrepreneurs when mitt romney is president of the united states. [applause] finally, my husband and i, we come from a military family. joe served in the iraq war and mitt romney -- [applause] one of the reasons we are supporting mitt romney, on
we cannot stand for more years of barack obama. [applause] but i am so encouraged tonight about america and i'm so encouraged because we have mitt romney running for president. he is someone who, unlike this president, has actually balance the budget both in the private sector and as governor of massachusetts. he eliminated a deficit, balance the budget, put money in the surplus and that's what we need in washington d.c. [applause] he is someone who knows how the economy works and has that...
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i would say the media would eat that up and say, obama is -- romney is surging, obama is flagging. the next phase is the media will be more alert to the fact that governor romney has been pleatly evasive about his positions, has been all over the lot on many of them and has tried to play a game of hide and seek with the american people. and i think that the news media will be challenged to do -- to challenge him. to be more forthcoming. then the story will be that for a while. this is the nature of this business. >> look behind the presidential election process when you want online with c-span's road to the white house and the c-span video library. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] >> july 7 and 8, book tv and american history tv explore the history of missouri. >> this is probably our most famous book, this is the one we like to show visitors when they come into the archives. this is a book about harriet tubman. it's called "harriet: the moses of her people." and the special thing about this, it was wri
i would say the media would eat that up and say, obama is -- romney is surging, obama is flagging. the next phase is the media will be more alert to the fact that governor romney has been pleatly evasive about his positions, has been all over the lot on many of them and has tried to play a game of hide and seek with the american people. and i think that the news media will be challenged to do -- to challenge him. to be more forthcoming. then the story will be that for a while. this is the...
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obama his the campaign trail this week. he is an ohio wednesday. there's a the president called a campaign event in orlando in leesburg. >> former house speaker newt gingrich last week spoke at a capitol hill seminar are conservative leadership. he said the economy will improve if mr. romney is elected president. he called pakistan and saudi a radiant the most dangerous countries in the world. -- saudia arabia the most dangerous country in the world. at thank you for being with us. welcome to our 2012 capitol hill seminar. my name is catherine rodriguez and i am the elected director for the clare boothe luce policy institute. as the nation's premier organization for conservative women, our mission is to promote leading conservative women and prepare women for leadership. we do this through a variety of unique programs and events like this one to expose young men and women, college students like you, to some of their conservative heroes. we also help students bring conservative ideas to their campuses through our campus lecture program. our speakers
obama his the campaign trail this week. he is an ohio wednesday. there's a the president called a campaign event in orlando in leesburg. >> former house speaker newt gingrich last week spoke at a capitol hill seminar are conservative leadership. he said the economy will improve if mr. romney is elected president. he called pakistan and saudi a radiant the most dangerous countries in the world. -- saudia arabia the most dangerous country in the world. at thank you for being with us....
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bush and has barack obama. what we learned by doing this research is that china and india approach this very differently than us. the have a plan. they do not just have goals. they have a plan. that plan started in pre-k and it goes through college. how many slots do i need? how many qualified teachers do i need? how do i get qualified teachers? i do i keep them? how many post secondary slots will need i'm successful all the way up? how many stem slots will i need it? india is opening seven more of the best technology training schools in the world in the next two years because they have a plan. what are report calls for is for the next president, romney, obama, however, to commit to have in the presidential summit on education. for the presidential summit on education, we need to look specifically at how we create goals and put plans behind them, how we expand access to early childhood education and insure that its high-quality, how we ensure we have high-quality teachers in america, and how we ensure that the
bush and has barack obama. what we learned by doing this research is that china and india approach this very differently than us. the have a plan. they do not just have goals. they have a plan. that plan started in pre-k and it goes through college. how many slots do i need? how many qualified teachers do i need? how do i get qualified teachers? i do i keep them? how many post secondary slots will need i'm successful all the way up? how many stem slots will i need it? india is opening seven...
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as candidate obama often looked different than what you can't see as president obama and all of a sudden, you have to steer the national democratic poliparty and all its other officials. they might represent more conservative districts. there's a need to compromise with the opposing party. it is less the stark black-and- white than what comes through in a campaign. a lot of the challenge that folks who coordinated the online side of this of obama campaign in 2008, how did they translate the energy around the campaign to something like the health- care debate? how did they engage folks and say here is a set of things we need from the health care. ? . what i think happened was they tried to do a host of town halls and get people talking about the issue but ultimately, any policy-making had to be coordinated through the democratic party and there were different issues in terms of what people were willing to accept and the compromise their willing to accept. at the same time, organizing for america which was the organization in the word -- and the democratic party, tried to get conservative
as candidate obama often looked different than what you can't see as president obama and all of a sudden, you have to steer the national democratic poliparty and all its other officials. they might represent more conservative districts. there's a need to compromise with the opposing party. it is less the stark black-and- white than what comes through in a campaign. a lot of the challenge that folks who coordinated the online side of this of obama campaign in 2008, how did they translate the...
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the electric president obama won 18-30 by 2-1. obama won by seven points. six of those seven came from people aged 18 to 30. if romney-ryan can minimize president obama's edge among young voters, it can make a big difference. those are the most changeable voters. you voted fewer times for one party or another, are less said in your political views, young people being more changeable. a lot of swing voters 58 or 68 are not up in the air. the voters 25 or younger really could move. they may not agree with paul ryan in everything, but he's not your grandfather's republican party. the republican party has nominated a lot of older candidates in the last 20 years. there was ronald reagan, bush, john mccain, bob dole. people in their 60s and early '70s. and i liked many of them. mitt romney is a vigorous kind. it changes the image of the party. when they highlight marco rubio and chris christie and others at the republican convention, and the convention does not matter much, but if you turn on the tv and see chris christie one night and marco rubio one night and p
the electric president obama won 18-30 by 2-1. obama won by seven points. six of those seven came from people aged 18 to 30. if romney-ryan can minimize president obama's edge among young voters, it can make a big difference. those are the most changeable voters. you voted fewer times for one party or another, are less said in your political views, young people being more changeable. a lot of swing voters 58 or 68 are not up in the air. the voters 25 or younger really could move. they may not...
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as president obama said last night, it's common sense. issues going to be at the forefront of the debate we have all year. there is something wrong with the tax code. individual who makes, two-year period, $43 million and pays a tax rate of less than 15% suggests that maybe things need to be changed a little bit. americans across the political spectrum, independents, republicans and democrats, agree that the wealthy should contribute more. only question is whether republicans will stop listening to the tea party and start listening to the american people. if they do, i'm confident we can meet in the middle and move towards commonsense solutions for our country. >> president obama's state of the union address touched on something that the overwhelming majority of american families already know. they are working harder and falling further and further behind. they did a survey and asked families that were working if they could come up with $2,000 in 30 days for an emergency. almost half could. that's a safe commentary on working families acr
as president obama said last night, it's common sense. issues going to be at the forefront of the debate we have all year. there is something wrong with the tax code. individual who makes, two-year period, $43 million and pays a tax rate of less than 15% suggests that maybe things need to be changed a little bit. americans across the political spectrum, independents, republicans and democrats, agree that the wealthy should contribute more. only question is whether republicans will stop...
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the democratic party and president obama reject that idea. and we cannot go back to the same failed policies of the past. we have a totally different idea about how we make america grow. from our perspective, we know we need to restore the security that the middle class has lost. we need to out-educate, and a bit, and out bill the rest of the world, make things up the rest of the world buys to remain competitive. it is making sure that harbored pays and responsibility is reported. the president believes in an america where everyone pays their fair share and plays by the same set of rules. in short, they believe you can grow the economy from the top down, but we know that you broken the middle out. that is the theme we try to build into this election, and that you will see reflected in the draft of the platform that we put together. does anyone have any comments or questions? >> just to walk through the structure of the draft in front of you, there will be a practice at the beginning that will try to cast the document, the choice in this elect
the democratic party and president obama reject that idea. and we cannot go back to the same failed policies of the past. we have a totally different idea about how we make america grow. from our perspective, we know we need to restore the security that the middle class has lost. we need to out-educate, and a bit, and out bill the rest of the world, make things up the rest of the world buys to remain competitive. it is making sure that harbored pays and responsibility is reported. the president...
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barack obama will not do that. if we want to look at the deficit, everybody knows the problem with the deficit. who do we think is more likely to deal with the deficit? someone who has run it up over a trillion dollars every year he has been in office? is that too is going to do it to? or do we think governor romney, a businessman who is committed to fiscal responsibility is going to do it? who is going to do it to? if the barack obama is in the white house four years from now, he will have appointed one half of all federal judges and he will have changed the complexion of the added states supreme court for decades. can we stand that in this country? is that what we want to? no. foreign affairs. the president of the united states went to new york today, yesterday. other presidents have gone to meet with world leaders to sit down with the israelis and other allies, people who he needs to understand. and interesting article this morning about his failure to do that. he went to new york not to meet with world leaders,
barack obama will not do that. if we want to look at the deficit, everybody knows the problem with the deficit. who do we think is more likely to deal with the deficit? someone who has run it up over a trillion dollars every year he has been in office? is that too is going to do it to? or do we think governor romney, a businessman who is committed to fiscal responsibility is going to do it? who is going to do it to? if the barack obama is in the white house four years from now, he will have...
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president obama said no. then we have him whispering the president of russia, a country now that is increasingly going back to their old ways of pony elections and long term presidencies which are no more presidents than the previous leaders of russia. here is the president of the united states, the leader of the free world saying, "give me some space. give me some flexibility because i have an election coming up and then i will deal. then i will throw some of our other allies under the bus." again and again. his dream. what is that dream? in this case, it is a nuclear- free world. he stands here proclaiming that we need to reduce weapons between u.s. and russia. russia is not an enemy but a potential but they continued down the road they are heading. still not an enemy, not one that i am necessarily greatly concerned about, yet that seems to be the president's preoccupation, reducing those weapons of mass destruction. he is taking his eye off of the real threat today, which is the development of nuclear weap
president obama said no. then we have him whispering the president of russia, a country now that is increasingly going back to their old ways of pony elections and long term presidencies which are no more presidents than the previous leaders of russia. here is the president of the united states, the leader of the free world saying, "give me some space. give me some flexibility because i have an election coming up and then i will deal. then i will throw some of our other allies under the...
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a battleground state president obama carried in 2008. afterwards, he will talk to political reporters about their impressions of this focus group in fairfax, virginia. >> while we wait, next, a look at the congressional agenda. an update. > >> talk about the romney campaign, some internal struggle going on. is there likely there could be a shake-up? >> it is unlikely you will see one. my colleagues with the palace intrigue story within the romney campaign, where the dissenters wait for the ship to go down to preserve their future careers. they're behind by a couple points, and everybody is trying to take down stuart stevens. the complaint that he has been taking on too many roles within the campaign. he has been the speechwriter. the strategist. also, he has too much of that and the eclectic style. people do not have the same kind of faith in his discipline. >> what folks told mike and jim is mitt romney bears responsibility for the functioning of his campaign and the way that his top aides are working or were not working. .> this mornin
a battleground state president obama carried in 2008. afterwards, he will talk to political reporters about their impressions of this focus group in fairfax, virginia. >> while we wait, next, a look at the congressional agenda. an update. > >> talk about the romney campaign, some internal struggle going on. is there likely there could be a shake-up? >> it is unlikely you will see one. my colleagues with the palace intrigue story within the romney campaign, where the...
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obama will say he is tested. the rhetoric will be in the campaign in ace will try to frame the other as not having a good grasp or the tools to manage our role in the world. we don't know what mitt romney actually since much of about foreign policy. he has advisers but when i read the couple of speeches he has given on foreign policy and destroy the rhetoric and you look at what he says he would do, i funding distinguishable from the essential policy of this administration. >> pick up what is it your paper which is a discussion of these issues on the campaign trail and how it affects the deeper things that are going on, the negotiation, the conversations with foreign nations and halifax those relationships. >> saure, thank you. i will pick up from one bruce has said. my co operandi are in the category of responses. -- michael author and i are in the category of -- my co-author and i are in the category of respondents. what process just said is essentially good news because of you extrapolate for word from the sub
obama will say he is tested. the rhetoric will be in the campaign in ace will try to frame the other as not having a good grasp or the tools to manage our role in the world. we don't know what mitt romney actually since much of about foreign policy. he has advisers but when i read the couple of speeches he has given on foreign policy and destroy the rhetoric and you look at what he says he would do, i funding distinguishable from the essential policy of this administration. >> pick up...